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<H2>Command processor</H2>
<P>When you invoke the default heap image, a command processor starts
 running.
The command processor acts as both a read-eval-print loop, reading
 expressions, evaluating them, and printing the results, and as
 an interactive debugger and data inspector.
See Chapter&nbsp;<A HREF="s48manual_11.html">*</A> for
<A HREF="s48manual_11.html">a description of the command processor</A>.
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